Category: 1800-1809
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1995 – Lee, Sense and Sensibility
The film Sense and Sensibility is based on a novel of the same name by Jane Austen, originally published in 1811. The adapted screenplay was written by Emma Thompson, who also plays one of the lead characters, Elinor Dashwood, whose costumes are the focus of this study.
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1801 – Marie Denise Villers, Young Woman Drawing
This painting by a young female artist was probably done of one of her friends in their painting studio and features a woman dressed in fashionable neoclassical simplicity.
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spencer jacket
A short waist- or bust-length jacket worn in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Style Revolution: Journal des Dames et des Modes (1797-1804) Digitized!
The Morgan Library & Museum’s collection of prints includes an extremely rare set of the world’s most radical fashion plates. Recently rediscovered, these revolutionary 1797-1804 pictures from the Journal des Dames et des Modes, in exceptionally good condition, have been digitized and edited in a website, Style Revolution.
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skeleton suit
Late 18th & early 19th-century play wear for boys that consists of two pieces–a fitted jacket and trousers–that button together.
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Recent Essays
fezIn 19th century, Asia, F, term definition
1883 – Charles Frederick Worth, red silk satin and velvet dinner dressIn 1880-1889, 19th century, garment analysis
15th century – Late Byzantine Silk Damask Dress and Taffeta TunicIn 15th century, Byzantine, garment analysis
The Fez and the Ottoman Path to ModernityIn 19th century, 20th century, thematic essays
1869 – Red Silk DressIn 1860-1869, 19th century, garment analysis